The Mainframe Product must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
Overview
Finding ID
Version
Rule ID
IA Controls
Severity
V-205499
SRG-APP-000169-MFP-000231
SV-205499r982296_rule
Medium
Description
Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.
Password complexity is one factor in determining how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.
Special characters are characters that are not alphanumeric. Examples include: ~ ! @ # $ % ^ *.